Knots are an incredibly versatile tool to use in your spells. They allow you to cast powerful spells with pretty much anything you can tie in a knot. These spells can range from something as simple as tying your shoes or braiding your hair to complex and beautiful knotted crafts. Some people will tell you that things like the material or colors that you choose heavily impact your magic but really, these things are only helpful if they speak to you.
If color affects your magic a lot then by all means, choose your cord for the color but otherwise it isn’t necessary.
Possible materials to choose from include:
- Rope
- Chord
- Yarn
- Floss
- Copper wire
- Chains
- Vines
- Sinews
- Scarves
- Etc…
The basic premise is that as you tie the knot you’re binding your intention. You can think of the knot as an anchor point for an idea that you want to manifest.
What kinds of ideas?
Pretty much everything. I’m not joking, I can’t think of a type of spell that can’t be performed using a knot. Curses, binding spells, healing spells, protective spells, prosperity and luck spells, it can all be done with a knot. Traditionally, knot spells were heavily associated with air elemental magic and with weather spell casting.
What kinds of knots can be used in spells like these?
Absolutely any knot can be used to cast a spell. For quickies I like your typical overhand knot, for more complicated spells you might choose a more ornate knot or even an entire set of knots to make jewelry.
Along those same lines, needlework like knitting and crocheting can be used in the exact same manner. This type of knot magic can become very elaborate, including the use of various stitches, patterns and projects to achieve your intent.
Are there any bad things about knot spells?
Yes, unfortunately there are. Since knots are a physical representation of the spell, if the knot gets broken the spell is broken as well. This isn’t always a drawback though, it means that your spells are easily undone if you ever feel the need.
Lovers Knots
This spell is designed to be made by a pair who are already lovers. It’s designed as an activity to bring you together and to remind you of each other when things get rough.
Think of it as a magic reservoir of each other’s love for when you can’t be together or are having a spat.
Each of you will make a bracelet for the other and place intentions into the bracelet you make. Your intention could be to protect them (love is excellent for protection), to tie the two of you together or to help solve a particular problem between the two of you. The important thing about this is that both parties participate and have discussed what they want out of the spell.
Here are a few knot bracelet tutorials as ideas.
Pick one and get knotting! With each knot that you make think and meditate about your intention but this doesn’t need to be a somber thing. Laugh and chat with your lover and really get the love flowing between the two of you (breaks for kissing and stuff are a good idea if you want). Use this as a chance to really get close with your partner. The emotion and energy that you have during this is going to stick so no being mad at each other or arguing or nit picking or talking about the dishes or anything. Take this time to just be in love.
If you want, when you’ve finished making the bracelet you can let it charge in sunlight or moonlight or say an incantation or prayer to a deity over it, whatever works with your practice. Now swap and wear your new lovers knots.
If, for any reason, you wish to undo the spell, each knot in the bracelet must be broken. This can be done by going through and untying each one, by cutting each one or by burning the entire bracelet (if it’s flammable). A single knot left unbroken will still retain its power.
Despite being named “Lovers Knots”, this spell can be used by any pair of people or even a group! Friends, siblings and parents with their children can all modify this spell for their use.
In a group you can have a rotation of sorts, each person begins a bracelet, makes maybe an inch and then passes it in one direction around the circle where the next person will make another inch and continue passing it. Each bracelet will have been made in part by every member of the group. Activities of this sort are excellent for covens!
Lucky Knot Spell
Another good example for the uses of knots in magic, this spell works a little differently than the last. Each knot is designed to be a pre-made “quick release” spell. You should choose a cord material that is easy for you to untie.
Prep for this spell however you like, cast a circle, consecrate your cord, call your deities, whatever. Now, pick a number for your spell, my first choice would be my lucky number but use whatever number associations you’d like.
Begin by creating your first knot. This knot is your anchor, it sets the framework for the entire spell, imbue it with the intention that each subsequent knot will be a holder. The idea is to have a spell attached to each knot and as the knot is untied, the spell is released and activated. Once you finish with your first knot you can start on the rest of them, with each that you make charge the knot with your intention, in this case, luck. You can do this in a number of ways, meditating, chanting, incantations and prayers all work. The incantation below is just an example of something I’ve used before.
Ex. Winds of fortune blow, let my good luck grow.
Finish up in your preferred way, close your circle, ground, thank any spirits that you work with, etc. You can now keep the cord with you and whenever you need a little burst of luck (before a test or interview, talking to your crush, competing, anything like that) just untie a knot.
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Very good information, thank you very much.
Bless you. You are amazing and beautiful
I used a Knot spell to assist a friend break her addiction to illegal drugs, she still has the knot and she has been clean for 4 months
Hi, is there a specific day for every knot spell? Job, luck, love etc… or not? Thank you.
Great stuff! I use a knot spell for luck/money/success. I use a blue cord and tied nine knots in it while reciting an incantation with a line for each knot ("knot of three, bring luck to me, knot of four, bring me more…" etc.) pulling each knot tight with intention as I recite the relevant line. Then at least once each day in the hour of Jupiter, I sit before my altar and use it like a rosary, running my fingers along to each knot as I recite the incantation. I keep doing this until I’m satisfied.
I am a bit confused… at the beginning you said that if the knot gets broken then the spell is broken but later you said that for the luck spell you untie the knot to activate it…
I really like the idea of knot magic but don’t know how to proceed… help please?
It’s all about intention! Some spells are meant to hold the energy to make changes over time and some are meant to wait until you need the spell to be activated. Each is useful depending on what you’re trying to accomplish.
If you are doing a knot for someone not wanting a bracelet, what do you do with it? Just give it to them to carry? Keep it in a safe place yourself? It is for safe travel and a successful outcome on a job for my husband.
Is there a way to use knot magic for removing a romantic rival, other than binding my love to me?
but remember that intention isn’t everything. if it gets BROKEN that is different than deliberately untying it.
Knot magic is easy and I like that I can use many materials.